The Autoimmune Solution: A Comprehensive Guide to Preventing and Reversing Inflammatory Diseases Through Functional Medicine

I cannot recommend this book enough, it was absolutely incredible. The entire book included applicable information and steps to take toward reclaiming your health. The research was backed by both science and experience from a practicing MD and the entire book was full of hope and encouragement! As a nurse, I am exposed to the reality of conventional medicine everyday. Working in the ICU has been rewarding but also devastating seeing the number of lifestyle-related illnesses. Doctors are simply medicating symptoms, prescribing more medication for the side effects and our nation is continuing to get sicker. Dr. Myers’ approach sets her apart and this book offers an alternative approach that actually addresses the underlying causes of disease. Because autoimmunity is on the rise, I am grateful knowing that there are MD’s like Amy Myers that take a functional medicine approach and share the information with the world. Also, some of the other autoimmune books referenced in previous reviews are great but NOTHING like this book. In fact one in particular is full of research and information and even with my medical background, I find it hard to comprehend and apply. The Autoimmune Solution doesn’t stop at the education part, and that is what sets it apart from any other book out there. Dr. Myers goes above and beyond to make sure that the reader can practically apply the knowledge and gives you a plan to carry it out. The recipes I have made are AMAZING. This book is now my motivation to take charge of my health, I have never been more excited to do so until reading this book! Not only does Dr. Myers explain the causes of autoimmunity and share her story and real life examples, but also she equips the reader, educates and even empowers them to take health into their own hands. The program in the book includes a diet and a comprehensive approach to prevent all the factors that can lead to autoimmunity. Don’t even think about buying this book, just do it! Whether you have an autoimmune disease or not you will greatly benefit from and appreciate this book. I have never been more motivated, inspired and encouraged to lead a healthier life. THANK YOU DR. MYERS FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION, GIVING US TOOLS AND SHARING YOUR JOURNEY IN THE AUTOIMMUNE SOLUTION!!

This book is excellent. I recommend it to anyone with any Autoimmune disease. She also has videos on youtube and was interviewed on "Autoimmune Summit" a few months ago, by videos. Other functional medicine doctors were interviewed by videos on that sumit also. Not sure if its still online or not. try it. Dr Kharrazian and others. Excellent online summit. Most or all those videos were also on youtube. I dont know how long youtube keeps videos before they delete them. Check it out. Most conventional doctors dont know how to treat autoimmune diseases, but now there's breakthrough treatments via natural supplements, diet, probiotics, and more..much more, where you can help yourself. Dr Amy Myers' book above is one, and here videos are also very informative and fascinating and supportive to watch. Her book is a must read for any autoimmune disease healing, which focuses mainly on healing the gut...leaky gut. Two of Dr Kharrazian's books are also important for autoimmune diseases..with some sililar and some different information from her's. they are "Why do I still have thyroid symproms when my lab tests are normal?" & "Why isnt my brain working"...also about why leaky gut, autoimmune diseases, also affects the brain function and that healing the leaky gut, heals leaky Blood Brain Barrier" I recommend all 3 of these books, to cover most of what you need to know and do. Amy Myers is a supportive, vivacious, competent, creative Functionaol Medicine (as Opposed to Dysfunctional medicne!!!) doctor...who thinks outside of the conventional box. Very inspiring and very hopeful with good solutions. i suggest get the book and watch her videos also, and you can also get a free e-newsletter to your email inbox from her, and check her website also. Not sure if Dr Kharrazian also has a free newsletter and he probably has a website. Google them both. There are ways to heal autoimmune diseases according to these 2 Functional medicine doctors. and also check out The Institure for Functional Medicne website. They have "health talks Online" for various disease videos etc with a schedule of which talks on which dates to come, and you can buy past talks/videos. Other than this, they are all free videos online, many on youtube as well..

The book is very good! it explains everything any person with an autoimmune disease should know. The basic how the immune system works and the relationships of our digestive system and the immune system. I've been following a strict diet since years ago when a yoga professor told me to avoid gluten and dairy and basically what the book says, I feel GREAT!, from a person who barely could walk when I started with symptoms and I couldn't take any of the conventional medicine because I was looking to get pregnant, this is why I started to look everywhere and I met this yoga professor. I started with this diet, started to exercise again little by little, and with super healthy habits (sleeping, water, avoiding stressful people and situations) now I had my baby, he is 3 years old, I exercise, I feel greater than ever (even better than before the disease appeared). Anyway, this book resumes all of it which I learned little by little in ONE book, this is why I consider it is a GREAT BOOK, but I REALLY HATE IT when she calls it "The Myer Way"... it makes the book sound like a snake oil salesman and maybe some people will read it and feel it like it and won't listen to it (this is why I gave it 4 stars), although it is telling the truth! but this method is been suggested by so many people (not conventional doctors) to treat autoimmune symptoms. Also, this book must be followed WITH A DOCTOR MONITORING YOU. We have to monitor our bodies ALL THE TIME for the rest of our lives! Taking tests to check for any inner inflammation we can't notice (like heart, lungs, liver, etc). DO NOT ABANDON YOUR DOCTOR!

Researcher from the Netherlands here, who is looking into the causal-loop relationships of the human metabolism on a professional level. So I also came across this book and thought to give it a try, as it claims to promise a solution. The book indeed contains some good general information with respect to antibodies, molecular mimicry, etc. that can be quite useful to understand why autoimmune diseases might occur. However, the book is full of superficial claims that read like they were taking over from some teenager internet blog. Lists full of general symptoms every couple of pages, thousands of repetitions (this is super annoying for the European reader; I get that the average American might need this in order to actually perceive the information), and constant self-adulation are frustrating while reading the book. Why does the author need to mention "The Myers Way" at least once on every page? This approach offers nothing special compared to other approaches on the internet. What is that "Myers Way", besides that Mrs. Myers manages to run a fully-organized marketing campaign for her own products, books, and the clique of other associated American doctors in this field?! I have run a keyword search, just to show how ridiculous this neo-capitalistic self-marketing campaign is. "The Myers Way" has been mentioned 207 times throughout this book. This is at least once per page, when excluding the appendices, forewords, and empty pages. In comparison, "thyroid" has been used 57 times, "leaky gut" 79 times, and "serotonin" (which is more than crucial when fixing autoimmune diseases) just TWICE. Again: TWICE, even though serotonin is a crucial neurotransmitter that is essential for reducing stress - that again leads to higher cortisol levels in the blood, which has a tremendous impact on the whole metabolism, especially with respect to the intestinal permeability, dysbiosis, nutrient absorption, and mental well-being. Another thing I am missing are citations (in the text itself). In such a book that claims to offer a "science-based solution" called (surprise, surprise) "The Myers Way", direct citations to scientific peer-reviewed publications that underpins the specific claims are simply necessary.

Padezco hipotiroidismo de Hashimoto desde 2013 y para obtener ese diagnóstico tuve que pasar por infinidad de médicos y estudios clínicos. Esta travesía la han sufrido muchos otros con enfermedades autoinmunes como la mía. Debido al Hipotiroidismo de Hashimoto, aumenté 25 kg, perdí mucho cabello, tenía niebla mental (hasta la fecha todavía hay palabras que olvido, pero no es nada comparado con lo que sufría antes, no podía comunicarme ni trabajar adecuadamente ya que olvidaba muchas cosas, incluyendo palabras), tenía ataques de pánico incapacitantes y que asustaban a mi familia (temían que tuviera una enfermedad mental), fatiga extrema que también me alejaba de mis seres queridos porque sólo quería dormir (me levantaba con mucha dificultad y sólo para cumplir con mis obligaciones básicas, como ir al trabajo o dejar a mi hijo en la escuela, andaba en automático y solo quería dormir) y, lo peor, fue cuando terminé en el hospital con riesgo de caer en coma mixedematoso. Los médicos convencionales, además de prescribirme levotiroxina para regular la función de la tiroides, sólo me daban medicamentos que atacaban los síntomas, no la raíz; incluso con el diagnóstico de Hashimoto, ninguno me dijo que es una enfermedad autoinmune ni el riesgo de morir a causa de un coma mixedematoso. Entre el “cóctel” que me recetaban había antidepresivos (para la fatiga, ansiedad y los ataques de pánico), pero estos causaron desbalance hormonal (menstruaciones de 8 semanas e interrupción de la misma por 6 meses); para el aumento de peso, me decían que hiciera ejercicio, como si fuera algo tan fácil (con la fatiga propia del hipotiroidismo, tu cuerpo simplemente no puede, te duele todo y te cansas hasta por comer o por caminar unos cuantos metros) y para el desbalance hormonal causado por los antidepresivos, me mandaron hormonas sintéticas, que causaban acné, ansiedad, más aumento de peso, crecimiento de vello facial. Era un círculo vicioso interminable. La primera doctora que me dijo la cruda verdad fue la internista de la sala de urgencias que me recibió en el hospital y me dijo todos los riesgos que existen cuando no se trata esta enfermedad adecuadamente. Después de enfrentar el riesgo del coma y enfrentar que no me estaban atendiendo adecuadamente, me puse a investigar y compré este libro a finales de 2018, lo terminé de leer en un par de días y desde entonces cambié radicalmente mi alimentación y eliminé los medicamentos que en vez de ayudar, empeoraban mis síntomas, y los sustituí por suplementos (La levotiroxina es el único medicamento que sigo tomando por prescripción de mi médico funcional y su dosis varía de acuerdo con los resultados de mis análisis periódicos) Sentí mejora en unos días. Los ataques de pánico fueron los primeros en desaparecer, recuperé energía poco a poco, cada vez fue más fácil despertar y levantarme por las mañanas, no me sentía mareada todo el tiempo y el dolor corporal empezó a desvanecer. A las pocas semanas, mi ciclo menstrual se regularizó, después de un par de meses pude hacer ejercicio ligero y a un año y medio de haber adoptado este estilo de vida, he bajado 18kgs (De noviembre de 2018 a la fecha, mayo de 2020), he recuperado un poco de cabello y me he alejado del riesgo de caer en coma. Respecto al plan de alimentación expuesto en el libro, algunos ingredientes son difíciles de obtener en México, pero se pueden sustituir. Muchos están disponibles aquí en Amazon. También es difícil encontrar médicos funcionales, pero logré encontrar a una doctora que me ha dado seguimiento y me ha confirmado todo lo que viene en el libro. El libro NO sustituye la consulta médica ni el seguimiento de un profesional de la salud, pero te brinda información que muchos doctores no creen necesario compartir o que no forman parte de su especialidad. Sé que los médicos que me atendieron antes hicieron su mejor esfuerzo y buscaban lo mejor para mí, pero gracias a la información de n este libro logré encontrar al especialista correcto. Tengo 46 años y logré retomar el control de mi vida, me perdí media década por falta de información. ¡Si tan sólo hubiera sabido esto antes! Todos estos consejos los he incorporado a la vida familiar ya que es una excelente forma de cuidar la salud de mi hijo e inculcarle buenos hábitos basados en información confiable y comprobada.

If ever you want to read a helpful book on autoimmunity, this IS THE BOOK TO BUY! It covers so many things. I heard about Dr. Amy in November 2014 on her free on-line Autoimmune Summit she hosted with 40 health experts. After that, I knew I had to pre-order her new book she mentioned “The Autoimmune Solution”. Three days after receiving it, I had already read it cover to cover. She helped me understand so much in a language you don’t need to be a doctor to understand. She is such a knowledgeable person and she really wants to get the word out about this. I bought this book because I have a thyroid problem, have chronic migraines that I already knew where due to food sensitivities, constant neck and back aches due to inflammation, brain fog, tired all the time and have a hard time remembering new things. Dr. Amy really goes into details about the whys and the hows in able to improve, prevent and reverse your symptoms and diseases and which supplements will help heal your gut and keep you in optimal health. I had also purchased 2 of her e-courses she has on her website a few weeks before receiving the book, so by the time I received her book I had already started putting the Myer’s Way into practice. After only 1 week, I have already started seeing some results and expect to get even better results within the coming days and weeks. My next step is to order the supplements that are suggested in the book and to get the actual blood work done to make sure I’m not missing anything. This would make a wonderful gift to give to a friend or family member who is suffering or even to your conventional medicine doctor, who could really benefit in helping their patients with this information. I want to say Thank you Dr. Amy Myers for sharing your work, I am so deeply appreciative to you for this book, that I could go on and on.

The Step by Step guide on how to resolve Autoimmune condition really helped me. After reading the book, I took consultation of Dr. Myers's Wellness coach Liz Schau, she recommended a list of supplements which have helped me handle my allergy. Personally I can vouch that the process described in the book works!

The way Amy explained the mechanism of how we can go from chronic inflammation to Autoimmune disease is simple and logical. I recommend this book for the people which have difficult to know the what, which then give you an idea of the how to heal !